Batwing distribution for horticultural leds

Osram has introduced horticulturall lighting leds with a ‘batwing’ output distribution. Implemented in Oslon Square Batwing, the distribution comes purely from a primry lens built into the pacakge. “Current LED fixtures often have a lambertian primary lens and no secondary optic, or a simple glass cover, which lead to hotspots with high concentration of light ...

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ST on-track for 23% growth in 2021 with revenue of $12.6bn

ST had Q3 revenues of $3.2 billion up 6.9% sequentially and 19.9% y-o-y. The gross margin was 41.6%, the operating margin was 18.9%, and net income was $474 million. “ The revenue performance was driven by strong global demand and by our engaged customer programs in Personal Electronics,” says CEO Jean-Marc Chery  (pictured), “Q3 operating ...

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Renesas buys Celeno

Renesas has bought Israeli WiFi specialist Celeno Communications for $315 million. Celeno has chipsets for Wi-Fi 6 and 6E chip-sets and Wi-Fi Doppler Imaging technology – a Wi-Fi based, high-resolution imaging technology suitable for home elderly care and assisted living, home security, safe driving and digital and connected factories. Celeno has R&D staff  in Israel, ...

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Samsung to triple foundry capacity

Earlier today, Samsung said it plans to triple its foundry capacity by 2026. “We plan to expand our capacity about three times by 2026 to meet customers’ needs as much as possible by expanding capacity in Pyeongtaek as well as considering establishing a new plant in the U.S.,” says Samsung’s Han Seung-hoo. Han said that ...

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UK made: Raspberry Pi Zero W gets 5x computing power in version 2

Raspberry Pi has used system-in-package technology to boost processing power in its tiny Zero with a quad-core processor. Not to be confused with the similar-looking Compute Modules, the Zero is a full computer with an HDMI connector on-board. “Where our larger products have grown steadily more powerful over the years, we’ve never found a way ...

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Sponsored Content – Production efficiency: all mechanical components for electronic devices in one place

Improving production efficiency is undoubtedly a goal of any company working in the electronics industry. However, the current unpredictable economic environment creates challenges that businesses are struggling to navigate on their own. As a result, they need to work with reliable partners to ensure production efficiency. Xometry, the world’s largest on-demand manufacturing marketplace, is one ...

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EU opens prolonged investigation into Nvidia-Arm

As expected, the EU has decided to subject Nvidia’s bid for Arm to a prolonged investigation. ‘The EU has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Arm by NVIDIA under the EU Merger Regulation,” says the Commission, “the Commission is concerned that the merged entity would have the ability and incentive to ...

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Geeky goodness at Intel

Intel reached out to its developers yesterday at the outset of its two day  Innovation 2021 series of presentations. As part of its ‘developer first’ approach, CEO Pat Gelsinger announced a unified Developer Zone, new oneAPI 2022 toolkits and new oneAPI Centers of Excellence designed to better enable developers to access reference designs, toolkits and ...

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UK Space agency commits to space debris projects

The UK Space Agency has announced its commitment to a number of projects or initiatives designed to help tackle the issue of space debris. The three sets of projects to receive its backing address the issue of sustainable space operations and the problems caused by defunct and colliding satellites in orbit. Junk First, the space ...

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